Public Transport in Coimbra

This post can be funny… We would like to help you understand the rules of public transport in Coimbra, however it is not so easy. But let’s try!

(All of the information have been taken from the website http://www.smtuc.pt/index.php and from our personal experience)

1)    Prices

When you are planning going by bus everywhere whole month the best option for you is to buy monthly ticket. It costs 22 euros. However if you know that you will take only couple roads the Coimbra Public Transport offers beneficial tickets, perfect for students pocket. Here you have the table with prices:

Number of passages	Price (€)	Price per one  passage (€)
3	2,20	0,73
4	2,50	0,63
5	3,15	0,63
6	3,80	0,63
7	4,40	0,63
8	4,65	0,58
9	5,25	0,58
10	5,80	0,58
11	6,40	0,58

Even you do not plan traveling by bus, it is very good idea to buy one of those offers. The single one-way ticket costs 1,60€!!! That is why, we recommend to buy the “yellow card” – just in case. For the first time you have to pay 0,50€ more for the card, later you can fill it.

Here you have the full table of prices:

http://www.smtuc.pt/geral/index_precos.php

2)    Where to buy the tickets?

The single one-way ticket (he expensive one) you can buy from the bus driver. For the monthly and couple-passages tickets there are a lot of places to buy them in Coimbra. Some of them are official shops, some just licensed to sell the tickets.

Here we present you the most common places, where Erasmus students are buying them (they are or in the center either in common places for students):

Name	Where?	Google Maps
Shop Praca de Republica	In front of AAC	Click
Shop in Mercado	Rua Olímpio Nicolau Rui Fernandes (Lift in the Market Hall D. Pedro V)	Click
Shop Polis	Av. Emídio Navarro (Park Dr. Manuel Braga)	Click
Dolce Vita	Shopping Center Dolce Vita	Click
Forum Coimbra	Shopping Center Forum Coimbra	Click
Tabacaria Triunfo	Rua do Brasil, nº 233	Click
Quiosque Sousa	Largo da Portagem	Click

Here you have the full list of Local Authorized Sale:

http://www.smtuc.pt/postos/index.php

3)    The network

To find proper bus you need to study the map. In Coimbra the buses are making loops.

Here you have the map for buses:

http://www.smtuc.pt/geral/index_mapa.php

4)    Timetables

And here is the trick of timetables… Maybe you know, maybe you don’t know, but in Portugal nobody is in hurry. It is the same with buses! There are official timetables, however from the personal experience we can tell you, that in practice you are going for the bus stop and you are waiting until the bus come. That’s it! Fortunately, some of the buses come very often, so it is not a problem.

Despite of our personal opinion, here you can check the timetables:

http://www.smtuc.pt/geral/index_horarios.php

5)    Mobile App

Coimbra is one of the oldest cities in the world… However it is quite modern right now! From this website you can download the mobile app for your phone or tablet to be still informed

http://www.smtuc.pt/mobile/